“As I am addressing a person so accomplished in literature, I need only state, without enlarging further on the matter,…
Symphony Monotone
“During this period of concentration, I created, around 1947–1948, a “monotone” symphony whose theme expresses what I wished my life…
The Gift
Translation of Russian dialogue: Man in Hat: What is that? Bearded Man: It’s a unicorn. Never seen one up close…
West Meets East
On the soundtrack, fragmented voices recorded from a police emergency line segue into electronic static. Modern and ancient China collide.
Twin children of the nuclear age
“But a larger question concerns our scientific knowledge: is our representation of the natural world universal? Throughout the half-century of…
The sheer luminosity of metaphor
“After the flash and filigree of the sixties, the next decade can seem rather docile, even disappointing. It is widely…
Aeon flux
Aeon Flux [top], via Art of The Title Sequence
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